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if that is THE reason, i hope she hangs.

yeah i know what you mean, sadly i got that kind of mother... after reading your comment i guess she could be jealous(lack of better word, maybe 'can't admit CSS is actually a bigger person in many ways' is a better expression?)and does that kind of horrid stuff. I get and agree with what you're going with, maybe the word "jealous" put everyone else off. XY hate and can't admit she can't control CSS(who is clearly a bigger and unpredictable person that she can manage, unlike yangyang) and do all those kind of stuff. She's highly likely a control freak imo.

Yeah, i try to but its easier said than done i guess.. ;(

Well those kinda mothers who hold impossible standard for their own child (but kind to others), stubborn and always has to have her way with everything exists,(just like my own) so I can relate(in a bad way) that character like XY is totally exist-able. The way XY is super kind to Yangyang and father not doing anything is hyper-realistic too, because my own mother is like that with my brother and my father too. I'm really glad mother like you exist who's even uncomfortable to watch characters like XY, let alone acting like her. Your daughter is lucky to have you on her side.

that sounds bad but at least she got that motherly love at last which she deserved. I think she'll be happy with it. I hope she can get along with those mean sisters too but guess that'll never happen anytime soon.

true, totally agreed. that's my take on those characters too. I hate guys like YS irl too, who wants to tame/domesticate women into their liking and who always have to take a higher ground. I think we already have too much of those irl

I totally get it. I really have ptsd, even fast forwarding it doesnt help.. My mother is almost exactly like XY, it's making me harder to watch.. I really get what you mean by 'dark to watch'. CSS' expression, LBY hearing it, that father not doing anything at all(can't believe that wife-y boy is a general)as a whole is super triggering.

True, that mother of hers was stupid and stubborn trying to power through imperial orders in the spot where every important people were still there. It only forced CSS' hands to accept that proposal.

that actually somehow sounds even worse. YS sounds like a person who's pretty much like CSS' mother for liking only good version of CSS. CSS deserves a husband who like her for who she is, like LY or LBY. Even if she can't end up with LBY, I would've wanted CSS to marry someone like LY, NEVER YS.

welll they are like.. kissing. getting hitched, killing, fighting battles in 15(due to the era) and even reproduce so I think having adult actors to act is much better than having actual 15 y/o do those... and wu lei and ZL are super young actors. 23 is not old at all haha..

If you don't mind me asking, are the the ones who killed Huo Clan? I hope he kills his father too. does that happen too?

oh I knew abt the queen but didnt know CSS actually moves to the palace. Good for her! I hope XY sees how queen's love changes her and regret the hell out of it. thx for letting me know <3

i see how you'd think that. the episodes in the beginning are esp slow-paced. You should power through like ep 15 and you'll love it.

As someone said in the comments, I don't think that was in any way good for CSS to avoid marriage. It only forced her hand to accept it; That mother could've accepted the emperor's proposal to think over it, take time to linger it, and see the chance to talk to LBY, CSS and emperor. But she was so full of her pride to take that road, she HAD to pull through it her own way and made CSS' reputation pay the price. That is not seeing a big pic, that is merely tarnishing her daughter's future. I get that she's hesitant to accept the marriage since CSS' is carefree and not good with rituals, but she had other ways to get around it. It was HER choice to take that road. Which in result forced CSS to say yes to LBY, ironically. CSS knew she had no chance of any marriage after that crazy comment mother made, and she had to get away from that toxic woman. Whatever good intentions she had, she forced her own daughter out. And if that speech was REALLY because of good intentions, she should've shown CSS her motherly love irl. Then at least CSS would've thought she's acting or sth, but she never did. Love not expressed is just not love. Unspoken intentions are worthless. Especially on the receiving end.

Having that kind of mother, i'm sure when I say love isn't love. Love is how you express it, how you show it. Otherwise, however you mean well, it doesn't count. That kind of toxic love which CSS' mother has for CSS, CSS is better off without it. Whatever that mother thinks, it isn't making things better in ANY way. I'm pretty sure that will show in part 2 when CSS gets actual motherly love from the queen. She will change in a good way.

i tried watching ep 24 again but that mother villain triggers my PTSD... Horrid mother syndrome if there is one. I hope she gets less screen time, otherwise it will block me from watching again

im glad you think that way. Daughters tend to be more tender/cautious due to the patriarchal society and more easily doubts their decisions. Even stubborn girls like CSS and myself cant be exception, and when their own mothers make you question everything, from the decisions you make and to the very core or your being, breaks you down. I'm so glad your daughter, another women doesn't have to go through what I (and probably you)did. When it gets harder to stay positive, just remember you are changing the world, even if it's one step at a time.

So true. He's gotta learn manners himself. I mean using that teacher position to have his way around CSS. I agree, that is NEVER love. That's just some twisted desire to possess;

i hope she does that in hell in this point

i'd actually prefer that was the case. That horrid mother doesnt think CSS is good enough to be her rival.